Stability of point defects of degree \(\pm \frac{1}{2}\) in a two-dimensional nematic liquid crystal model

DOI10.1007/s00526-016-1051-2zbMath1353.82076arXiv1601.02812OpenAlexW2238641799MaRDI QIDQ342995

Arghir Zarnescu, Luc Nguyen, Radu Ignat, Valeriy V. Slastikov

Publication date: 18 November 2016

Published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.02812

zbMATH Keywords

liquid crystalsLandau-de Gennes model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational methods applied to PDEs (35A15) Existence theories for free problems in two or more independent variables (49J10) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Existence of optimal solutions belonging to restricted classes (Lipschitz controls, bang-bang controls, etc.) (49J30) Liquid crystals (76A15) Critical points of functionals in context of PDEs (e.g., energy functionals) (35B38)

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